How To Commit Journalism

Ep. 10: TV Is About People


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Assignment editors at WRAL are on the front lines of covering the COVID-19 pandemic, because they answer the calls, emails and messages from the public.​ They act as therapists to the recently out of work mother who doesn't know how she'll house her children, a resource for retirees trying to understand if they're eligible for the federal stimulus, and sometimes even a calming voice for a laid-off worker frustrated by the inability to contact the employment commission who just wants someone to listen and understand their anger. WRAL assignment editor Jamila Elder talks about what it's like to be on first line of contact for an entire area dealing with a new reality.
For WRAL's complete coronavirus coverage go to http://www.wral.com/coronavirus
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